Darwin weather in February

In February, Darwin sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 376 mm of rain across 25.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in February, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of February to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Darwin's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Darwin's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 376 mm; 25.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:49 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Darwin is capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia, and the surrounding area.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,443/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1869

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical February day in Darwin reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	26
2	31	26
3	31	26
4	31	26
5	31	26
6	31	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	31	26
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17	31	26
18	31	26
19	31	25
20	31	25
21	31	25
22	31	25
23	31	25
24	31	25
25	31	25
26	31	25
27	31	25
28	31	25

How February really feels in Darwin

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 28 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Darwin weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 26°	438	27.6	12.7	2.6
Feb	31° / 26°	376	25.6	12.4	2.6
Mar	32° / 25°	300	24.4	12.1	2.7
Apr	33° / 24°	100	10.1	11.7	3.4
May	33° / 22°	14	2.4	11.4	4.2
Jun	32° / 20°	2	0.4	11.3	5.2
Jul	32° / 19°	1	0.3	11.3	5.3
Aug	33° / 19°	2	0.5	11.6	4.7
Sep	34° / 22°	16	3.8	11.9	3.6
Oct	34° / 24°	76	11.2	12.3	3.0
Nov	33° / 25°	180	20.8	12.6	2.6
Dec	32° / 26°	323	24.9	12.7	2.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	15	16	16	16	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Cloudier (%)	85	84	84	84	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Darwin gets around 376 mm of rain over 25.6 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 91% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	92
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	93
27	93
28	93

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the miserable band about 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Oppressive (%)	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Miserable (%)	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	7	93
28	7	93

Wind in February

Winds average 12 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
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14	12	light breeze
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16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	calm
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26	12	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of February to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:44 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 7:08 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52
Sunset (PM)	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:44	7:16
2	12.5	6:44	7:16
3	12.5	6:45	7:16
4	12.5	6:45	7:16
5	12.5	6:45	7:16
6	12.5	6:46	7:16
7	12.5	6:46	7:16
8	12.5	6:47	7:15
9	12.5	6:47	7:15
10	12.5	6:47	7:15
11	12.5	6:48	7:15
12	12.4	6:48	7:14
13	12.4	6:48	7:14
14	12.4	6:49	7:14
15	12.4	6:49	7:14
16	12.4	6:49	7:13
17	12.4	6:49	7:13
18	12.4	6:50	7:13
19	12.4	6:50	7:12
20	12.4	6:50	7:12
21	12.3	6:50	7:11
22	12.3	6:51	7:11
23	12.3	6:51	7:11
24	12.3	6:51	7:10
25	12.3	6:51	7:10
26	12.3	6:52	7:09
27	12.3	6:52	7:09
28	12.3	6:52	7:08

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.21 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.21 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
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27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Darwin

In seasonPeak

In February, Darwin sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Darwin sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Darwin's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Darwin?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.6

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Darwin.

What to pack for Darwin in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Darwin sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Darwin in February

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in December at about 31°C and coldest in July near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	30	30	30	30	29	27	26	26	28	30	31	31
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	30	Tropical
Feb	30	Tropical
Mar	30	Tropical
Apr	30	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	28	Warm
Oct	30	Tropical
Nov	31	Tropical
Dec	31	Tropical

UV index in Darwin in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Darwin peaks around February 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	16	13	10	9	9	11	13	14	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Darwin in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Darwin is worst in June — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (March, 5 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Darwin's WHO annual average of 9.1 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	6	5	6	14	17	12	14	9	7	7	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	14	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	9	Good
Oct	7	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Darwin?

Darwin sits at 12.5°S, 130.8°E, 31 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Palmerston, 16 km away.

Topography around Darwin

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Darwin.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Darwin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m.

The land around Darwin is covered by water (62%) within 3 km, water (46%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and water (44%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

40 m

water 62%

16 km

51 m

water 46%

80 km

227 m

water 44%

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← January Darwin year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Palmerston 16 km · Lospalos 607 km · Venilale 647 km · Baucau 653 km · Suai 703 km · Aileu 710 km · Atsabe 713 km · Dili 721 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
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GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Darwin (-12.4611°, 130.8418°, elevation 31 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	26
2	31	26
3	31	26
4	31	26
5	31	26
6	31	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	31	26
14	31	26
15	31	26
16	31	26
17	31	26
18	31	26
19	31	25
20	31	25
21	31	25
22	31	25
23	31	25
24	31	25
25	31	25
26	31	25
27	31	25
28	31	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	92
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	93
27	93
28	93

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	7	93
28	7	93

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	26
2	31	26
3	31	26
4	31	26
5	31	26
6	31	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	31	26
14	31	26
15	31	26
16	31	26
17	31	26
18	31	26
19	31	25
20	31	25
21	31	25
22	31	25
23	31	25
24	31	25
25	31	25
26	31	25
27	31	25
28	31	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	92
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	93
27	93
28	93

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	7	93
28	7	93

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	26
2	31	26
3	31	26
4	31	26
5	31	26
6	31	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	31	26
14	31	26
15	31	26
16	31	26
17	31	26
18	31	26
19	31	25
20	31	25
21	31	25
22	31	25
23	31	25
24	31	25
25	31	25
26	31	25
27	31	25
28	31	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	92
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	93
27	93
28	93

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	8	92
19	8	92
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	7	93
28	7	93